Narain Karthikeyan second stint in F1 has started in a rather bizarre manner at the Australian GP. Both he and his team mate Vitantanio Luizzi failed to qualify for the main race due to their timing was below the 107% rule. None of the paddock people were surprised as the team unwrapped their car just before the qualifier which means there was no time for setting up.

The excuses give by Colin Kolles were too silly. Initially they had problem in Customs during the Barcelona test! Then they worked over night to get both the cars ready. Ultimately they failed to race.
Worst is yet to come. The team tried sponsors but could find any other than the lone sponsor Narain Karthikeyan has brought in. TATA’s interest is only on Narain Karthikeyan. They may be feeling already jittery that their name is in the car.

Now there is a talk of financial constraints and some talk about fresh investment. The Korea group which is cited as interested party has not made any statement so for.

Narain Karthikeyan who had reservations sometime back to drive a also ran car has walked in to a much worse car unless some miracle takes place in Malaysian GP. The team does not have any resources to continue to develop the car which means the car may not get any better.

Under this conditions it very likely Narain Karthikeyan will race in the Indian GP for which he made a comeback as the team may wind up well before that.